The
then-current list of nominees and the voting process were reviewed.

3. Auxiliary Funds Raid

One third
of our obligation has been rescinded by the legislature.

4. Academic Program Review

The
committee has met only once or twice this year. Thus program reviews will
not be ready this year; Senate will have to hear them in the fall. It
would be advisable next year to amend the committee’s charge to require two (or
another appropriate number) reports from APR per month in the fall to take care
of this backlog.

5. Ethnic and Racial Studies

Carol
Oyster has been designated the Director of ERS.

6. Joint Planning and Budget Committee

There is a meeting of this committee tomorrow.
R. LeDocq will provide Senate an update on Thursday.

7. End of Year Reports

Committee
Chairs should be encouraged to submit their end-of-year reports.

8. MEPD

The
elimination of the Reading Programs is on the agenda for Thursday.

9. BA of Fine Arts

This
still needs some committee approvals, so it will be off the Senate agenda for
now.

10. Elimination of Programs Process

There was
some discussion of the process for making decisions about what programs will be
eliminated. Within the department, these decisions are made as any other
decision is made, via votes. Then they would be forwarded to the dean for
approval. What happens if a department cannot arrive at a decision?
The dean could initiate an elimination.

11. Senate Meetings/Future Committee Charges

A scheduled May 14th Senate meeting may not be
needed. The SEC will meet in June to help transition to the new SEC group.
Committee charges for the next year will be discussed.

Provost would like the following items to be
considered by CAPS next year: the course repeat policy; a policy requiring
completion of math and college composition courses within a certain number of
credits; a policy to forgive student absences when they are due to student
participation in University sanctioned events.

12. PTS

This committee will bring recommendations
regarding the Recruitment and Retention Fund document to Senate this week.
It will also deliver a report on salary compression.

13. Bylaws Changes (Standardization)

Who has
oversight of the Senate-approved departmental bylaws changes? These were
passed by Senate last year for implementation this year, and some departments
have not yet made the required changes. Heim will send a reminder to
department chairs.